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At Beddington, south of London, a housing development known as BedZED (Beddington Zero energy development) was designed from the start to produce little waste of any sort. It was built on a depolluted plot of land, previously used by industry, and recycled materials were used in its construction.

Reference map for Kerala State, IndiaDisplays the location Kerala State (Keralam) on a regional map (India + neighbouring countries), as well as on the globe. Kerala is located in southwestern India, on the west coast. The capital of the state is Thiruvanan...

Arctic sea routes - Northern sea route and Northwest passageSea routes along the edges of the Arctic ocean, or rather along the coasts of Northern Canada and Russia, holds potential for decreasing the number of days in shipping goods from the Pacific to Atlantic coasts in Europe ...

By Hugo Ahlenius, UNEP/GRID-Arendal

Awareness and preparedness for emergencies at local level (APELL) sites in IndiaAwareness and preparedness for emergencies at local level (APELL). APELL achieves its aims through community participation in emergency planning, via a structured dialogue between representatives of the source of the haz...

By Emmanuelle Bournay, UNEP/GRID-Arendal

Development of fossil fuel resources in the Arctic, 2005Barents Sea: The 2004 lifting of an embargo on offshore hydrocarbon exploration in the Norwegian Barents has renewed activity there. Regulation of exploration is animportant political issue. Debate in 2005 focused on env...

By Hugo Ahlenius, UNEP/GRID-Arendal

Kamchatka sitesMap, illustrating the communites, cities and sites from where the stories for the 'Indigenous Knowledge in Disaster Management' project has been collected and are refered to in the stories. Please see the project web-sit...

By Hugo Ahlenius, UNEP/GRID-Arendal

Poverty mapping study areaThis map represents the study area for the poverty mapping project for West Africa for generation of reliable statistical and cartographic products to communicate the relationship between rural poverty and land use poten...